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This Pitt lab safety program won a national recognition
Ericka Huston’s Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory course was key to earning the American Chemical Society honor.
Jamie Ducar earned a community partnership micro-credential
The director of community engagement demonstrated effective cultivation, facilitation and maintenance of high-quality partnerships with community organizations and representatives.
Undergraduate Sam Ressin received an Udall Scholarship
The competitive national awards are presented for leadership, public service and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.
2 Swanson School faculty were honored with American Society for Engineering Education awards
ASEE will honor Jayant Rajgopal and Sylvanus Wosu in June.
Valerie Kinloch will speak at an event for the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Education, law and policy scholars will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that found public school segregation unconstitutional.
Diego Chaves-Gnecco was named Pennsylvania Pediatrician of the Year
The associate professor was presented with the award by the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
4 Pitt projects will be showcased at the ACCelerate Creativity and Innovation Festival
Meet the feature researchers from the World History Center, HERL, the Office of the Provost and the Department of Theatre Arts.
Pitt will dedicate a Philippine Nationality Room
The June 9 ceremony will be followed by a cultural festival with music, dancing and food.
SHRS students and researchers were recognized by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Among the honorees are Joan Rogers, Natalie Leland and Roxanna Bendixen.
Pitt Sociology Chair Suzanne Staggenborg won a lifetime achievement award
The University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Social Movements will honor her for her work in the field.
Peg Smith won a National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Lifetime Achievement Award
She is a professor emerita of mathematics education and a senior scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center.
Daniel Balderson received a literary award
The Society for Textual Scholarship honored the Mellon Professor of Modern Languages for his book, “How Borges Wrote.”
4 Pitt students earned 2019 Goldwater Scholarships
All of the winners are seniors in the Dietrich School and residents of Pennsylvania.
Keisha N. Blain was awarded best book in African American women’s and gender history
“Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” won the 2019 Darlene Clark Hine Award.
2 Pitt researchers earned an NSF grant for autism therapy development
The team will be led by Murat Akcakaya and Carla A. Mazefsky.
Leanne Gilbertson received the Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Grant
The associate professor’s research group aims to inform sustainable design of existing and novel materials to avoid potential unintended environmental and human health consequences.
Pitt won a 4th Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge
Pitt finished with 1,097 points — more than double that of the second place university finisher.
Mohammed A. Bamyeh was elected board chair of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences
The Pitt sociology professor will guide the council, which has supported hundreds of researchers in 22 Arab countries.
Alumna Katelyn Means won a national scholarship to pursue dual Pitt Dental Medicine degrees
The National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipient earned a BS in microbiology in 2018.
Michael Kenney will contribute to a report on countering extremism
The GSPIA associate professor has been commissioned by the British government.
